Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this special weather statement at Mar 18, 2021, 11:49 AM EDT for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2021, 11:49 AM EDT (15:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
921
WWUS82 KTAE 181549
SPSTAE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1149 AM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
FLZ019-028-029-128-181630-
Inland Taylor FL-Madison FL-Coastal Taylor FL-Lafayette FL-
1149 AM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE...TAYLOR
AND SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM EDT...
At 1149 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 16 miles west of Perry to 42 miles west of
Steinhatchee to 47 miles southeast of St George Island. Movement was
east at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Perry, Pinland, Jug Island, Eridu, Cabbage Grove, Scanlon, Dekle
Beach, Jack Lee Island, Foley, Salem, Perry-Foley Airport, Hampton
Springs, Shady Grove, Cedar Island, Fish Creek, Howell Place, Iddo,
Secotan, Boyd and Smith.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM EDT for Big Bend of
Florida.
LAT...LON 2960 8349 2969 8363 2987 8375 2999 8397
3027 8387 3028 8384 3031 8382 3030 8327
2961 8346 2958 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 252DEG 30KT 3016 8385 2949 8406 2910 8442
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Mar 18, 4:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 75 min |
| Mar 18, 5:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 6:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 6:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Mar 18, 7:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 7:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 7:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 2 more | 86 min |
| Mar 18, 7:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 8:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon, Liberty and 1 more | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 8:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 9:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Mar 18, 9:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 1 more | 64 min |
| Mar 18, 10:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Wakulla | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 10:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 53 min |
| Mar 18, 11:04 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 116 min | |
| Mar 18, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 84 min |
| Mar 18, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 110 min | |
| Mar 18, 1:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 7:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early, Miller, Seminole | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 7:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 7:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Quitman and 2 more | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 10:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin and 5 more | 94 min |
| Mar 18, 12:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 4:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry | 86 min |
| Mar 18, 6:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry, Houston | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 6:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 49 min |
| Mar 18, 7:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 30 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.